Jon Hamms other half, Jennifer Westfeldt, writes, directs and co-stars in Friends With Kids  with a little bit of help from half the cast of Bridesmaids.

Jennifer Westfeldt brings us a grown-up romantic comedy, starring alumni Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris ODowd and Jon Hamm, as a group of New York friends who are starting to have kids.

In real life, of course, Westfeldt and Hamm (who is also co-producer) have been in love and happily child-free since 1997. So they are well placed to analyse the affect that children can have on friendships and relationships.

Julie (Westfeldt) and Jason (Adam Scott) are best friends who are in their late 30s and single. Seeing the toll that exhaustion is taking on their baby-making friends, they decided to try another way. They will have a baby together, but continue to date other people, so that their romantic relationships will not be sullied by the drudgery of parenthood. Of course, not all goes to plan.

Anyone who has had a baby knows that there is plenty of black comedy to be found in the tantrums, the hormones, the birth and the endless bodily fluids. But, as well as the comedy, Westfeldts script has moments of heart-pummelling emotion. Friends With Kids is refreshingly smart, searingly honest and very, very funny. Dont miss it.

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